12 year old Meggie lives with her father Mo, who is a book binder or as Meggie likes to call him a book doctor. Meggie's mother left when she was very young so she has grown up without a mother, but she has her father and books. She loves books just like her father does. Mo never reads aloud to Megg...
I'd like to read it before I see the film, because I'm like that.***This is what the Possum picked instead of the Hardinge. There are aspects I love, but not all of it. And I'm not sure what or why.***As an ode to books, I'm purely loving this. But as a text, eh. Maybe it's a function of translation...
This is one of those fantasy novels that is intended forkids but can be enjoyed by anyone, much like the Harry Potter series.Meggie is a young girl who lives with her father Mo, a loving andcaring bookbinder who gives Meggie all kinds of wonderful books - butwho has never read aloud to her.When a my...
I really like the book.The idea of reading characters out of books is really interesting to me.Each chapter is started by a quotation from a classic book,I love them.
My father bought this book for me and since i saw the cover I knew I was going to like this book and I did. It was fast and fun read a little sad in times but still pretty good. I didn't know that there is more than one book I just saw it, maybe soon I'll read the next books too.
Another book for young readers that I shamelessly loved. There is a deliciously evil bad guy that was pulled from the pages of a story by the main character, a 12 year old girl's, father who has the ability to literally read characters out of books. This bad guy hates the world he was pulled into an...
I have mixed feelings about this book, but the one thing that stands out for me and that made me stick with it until The End is one of its themes: the love of books. Whether it's Mo's loving and caring for the physical object, Meggie's love of stories or Elinor's obsession with her treasures, I coul...
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